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healthy chimp? or an unhealthy chimp colony, with too much time on their hands which results in over-grooming?
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No glyn, It occurs naturally in the wild.
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does it zooboy? see, id always wondered how chimpanzees groomed.... seeing as this thread got way off track and we started talking about 'normal' looking animals, and you used an example of an overgroomed chimp as healthy. in captivity, over grooming to this extent is not healthy.
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Funny that . Wellingtons camel ( Cairo ) was not exactly well "groomed" and his habit of proudly showing everyone his dulaah looked nothing short of disgusting
to the average visitor -- " look out -- hes gonna spit !!!! "

But he was an unofficial mascot , and people loved him anyways . he didnt have any problem in drawing a crowd on a busy day . And as Sim said , he had INCREDIBLE bad breath -- I mean it really stunk !

RIP Cairo .
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Funny that . Wellingtons camel ( Cairo ) was not exactly well "groomed" and his habit of proudly showing everyone his dulaah looked nothing short of disgusting
to the average visitor -- " look out -- hes gonna spit !!!! "

But he was an unofficial mascot , and people loved him anyways . he didnt have any problem in drawing a crowd on a busy day . And as Sim said , he had INCREDIBLE bad breath -- I mean it really stunk !

RIP Cairo .
The bad breath isn't a surpise it has been said that camels will chew and sometimes all sorts of things, all sorts of things.
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They've sexed it and it is a girl.
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They've sexed it and it is a girl.
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now for a name.
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now for a name.
On the news apparently the calf is dubbed the nickname Mari
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Old 29-05-2008
The little one has been given a name - Lotus - fits with the naming of her sister and mother.
Flowery name for Werribee zoo's baby hippo - The Geelong Advertiser
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A beautiful matching name for her mother's and sister's. Thanks Jay for that.
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In such a small population is a female preferrable?
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hmmm, Brindabella did have a calf once to Harry but died, Primrose has gave birth to Tulip and Lotus. So both females a able to breed if you are asking about Werribee?
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Oh, as on this thread previously, Brindabella's calf was killed by Primrose,
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Harry is father to both Tulip and Lotus so another unrelated male would need to be sourced to breed them. I don't know how these hippos are related to the Dubbo lot.
 
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